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Hey guys,

On my way home I just noticed that the driver's side windshield wiper is hitting the plastic piece that is the air grille for the cabin.

When the wiper is running, when it comes down, it doens't rest on its own but hits the plastic piece and then waits until the next cycle.

When the car is off and the wipers stopped, it's resting on the plastic trim itself.

Is that normal ? How would I go about fixing it ?

Also what's the verdict on teflon wiper blades ? Snake oil or just stick with the standard rubber ? I might change em while I'm at it.

Thanks.

You should un bolt the base of the wiper arm and move it up "one thread" Teflon blades not NOT worth the money. I had them for only three months and they were junk! I have customers compain about them all of the time. You wanna go with either
1. Bosch Micro Edge EXCEL (not the micro edge)
2. Anco Aerovantage

Those two are the longest lasting wipers; aside from ford's motorcraft wipers which are actually based of of the origional Bosch Micro Edge excel's

either move the wiper up one thread...or check to see if those threads are stripped, by the way u described it, they sound like they might be

When I had this problem the bolt was not tight. It's like all held together from plastic and pressure with this bolt. So if it's not tight it will not stop and will bang into the plastic at the bottom. Now that it's hitting you might need to move it up a few notches.

If you need new blades goto Walmart. The ones in the yellow Anco box work well.

Sweet! You Fixed it!

It happend to me once in the rain while in a Hurrican!
I was like, "WTF! OH MY GOD!" LOL

When I got home and checked it out and it was not even hand tight.

The Anco blades at Walmart are cheap and work well! It's really not that hard to change them. Much more easy than trying to replace rubber blade inserts and the cost is about the same.

The whole blade just slips on the end of the wiper arm like a big hook. With a little work it comes right off and on in minutes.

How to replace the wiper blades: Pull the wiper arm away from the windshield and lock into the service position.

Turn the blade at an angle from the wiper arm. Push the lock pin with a screwdriver to release the blade and pull the wiper blade down toward the windshield to remove it from the arm.

Attach the new wiper to the wiper arm and press it into place until you hear a click.

Note: In most cars the driver side wiper blade is longer than the passenger so make sure you buy the correct blades.

Trying to add the refill rubber blade inserts is too hard. All that re-threading and getting the right one to fit. And the old blades tend not to spring into shape around the glass and you get water spots that don't wipe away.

How much more should I go into this to make you get a new set of wiper blades?

Actually I just noticed now that there's another sound, but its not coming from the blades hitting anything.

The windshield seems to be too clean or something cause it makes this 'umbh' when the passenger side starts and stops.

I think I do need a new wiper and the old one's getting too dry ?

Might just need some rain-x to help it slide around..lol.